Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his decision to authorise changes to Communications Minister Anika Wells’s travel plans that resulted in a near $100,000 bill. Albanese approved flight ...

Authorities have declared that bushfires raging in NSW no longer pose a threat to lives or property, after about 20 homes ...

Australia has beaten England in the second Test of the Ashes, with captain Steve Smith exchanging fiery words with opposition ...

Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are ...

Restructures across all levels of arts funding have deprived institutions of money and led some to scale back their ambitions or even close.

Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure ...

The latest iteration of the Marrakech International Film Festival – the Arab world’s most important – highlights the triumphs ...

More than seven years ago, a Victorian doctor embarked on what has become a quest to correct a small administrative quirk that has made the state’s death certificates unreliable.

Watching young cricket players on a pitch close to home, the author is visited by memories that flow from the action.

This week the Victorian government passed youth crime laws that will see children face adult courts and sentencing – reforms ...

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Pinchgut Opera’s new realisation of Handel’s Messiah strips it back to its first scoring in 1742 – and it is an undiluted joy ...